The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world · 8 months agoOr maybe stew?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1382arrow-down19
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·8 months agoI would say it’s much closer to gruel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruel Although soup, stew and gruel are all supposed to be cooked before eaten.
minus-squareunderwire212@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·8 months agoOne could argue that cereal is precooked
minus-squareblackbrooklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoIt’s definitely pre-cooked. But I think the precursor to modern boxed cereal is not gruel but rather breaking up something like a biscuit, cornbread, etc into a bowl of milk.
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoOne could also classify most if not all boxed cereals as desserts with the amount of sugar in them. I stick to just plain oatmeal with unsweetened almond milk.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoI put dry cereal in the microwave for a few seconds, then add cinnamon, then cold milk. Changed my life.
I would say it’s much closer to gruel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruel
Although soup, stew and gruel are all supposed to be cooked before eaten.
One could argue that cereal is precooked
It’s definitely pre-cooked. But I think the precursor to modern boxed cereal is not gruel but rather breaking up something like a biscuit, cornbread, etc into a bowl of milk.
One could also classify most if not all boxed cereals as desserts with the amount of sugar in them.
I stick to just plain oatmeal with unsweetened almond milk.
I put dry cereal in the microwave for a few seconds, then add cinnamon, then cold milk.
Changed my life.